Daniel Khalife, a former soldier who escaped from prison, has been found guilty of spying for Iran.

After 23 hours of intense deliberation, the jury reached a decision - Daniel Khalife was guilty of breaching the Official Secrets Act and Terrorism Act. This former soldier now faced the possibility of spending years behind bars for his actions. It was a shocking turn of events for the 23-year-old, who had previously made headlines for his daring escape from HMP Wandsworth while awaiting trial.

It all started in 2019, when Khalife reached out to MI6 with a bold proposition - he wanted to work as a 'double agent' for the agency. However, his intentions were not pure. He had been collecting information that could be useful to an enemy, and had even gone as far as eliciting information about members of HM armed forces.

Despite this, Khalife was acquitted of a bomb hoax offense after leaving a fake bomb at his barracks in Staffordshire. However, he did admit to escaping from HMP Wandsworth during his two-month trial at Woolwich Crown Court. As the verdicts were read out, Khalife remained calm, simply adjusting his glasses and showing no emotion.

Mrs. Justice Cheema-Grubb ordered that Khalife be remanded in custody until his sentencing on December 12. A photo released by the Metropolitan Police showed Khalife, wearing a blue shirt and pale trousers, looking solemn and resigned.

It was revealed that Khalife, a British-born individual, had joined the Royal Corps of Signals in 2019. Within a month, he was already in contact with Iranian authorities and for over two years, he continued to pass on information to his handlers. He gathered this information while stationed at Stafford barracks in the UK and Fort Cavazosn in Texas. Using the Army's system for booking annual leave, he accessed information about his comrades.

While much of the information he provided was easily accessible online and therefore deemed worthless, Khalife also went to the extent of creating a handwritten list of soldiers working for special forces and handing it over to his handlers.

On August 4, 2020, Khalife traveled to Istanbul as per his handler's instructions. He was to disguise the trip as a holiday and used the messaging app Telegram to indicate that he had left a package for his handlers. It was later discovered that he had been paid £1,500 in a dog poo bag by his handlers in Barnet.

Prosecutor Mark Heywood, KC, revealed that Khalife's ultimate plan was to go from Turkey to Iran, but he never made it across the border. He had even boasted to his handlers that he could continue betraying his country for over 25 years while still serving in the Army.

In his closing statement, Mr. Heywood emphasized the gravity of Khalife's actions, stating that over the course of two years, he had collected and recorded a large amount of information, despite being employed by the British Army to protect and uphold national security. He had made contact with agents of Iran, a country whose interests often clashed with those of the United Kingdom, and had put the safety and security of his own country at risk.

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